On Seeing England for the First Time Jamaica Kincaid
On Seeing England for the First Time Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid:Bio (1) ·Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St.Johns, Antigua in 1949;lived her step-father,mother,and three brothers father:a carpenter and cabinetmaker mother:a homemaker and political activist. Completed her secondary education under the British system
Jamaica Kincaid: Bio (1) • Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St. Johns, Antigua in 1949; lived her step-father, mother, and three brothers • father: a carpenter and cabinetmaker • mother: a homemaker and political activist. • Completed her secondary education under the British system
Jamaica Kincaid:Bio(2) Left Antigua(before its Independence)when she was 17. As the eldest of four,and the only girl,she was apprenticed to a seamstress,then plucked from school,where she was excelling,and sent to the US as an au pair(“really a servant'”互婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing
Jamaica Kincaid: Bio (2) • Left Antigua (before its Independence) when she was 17. • As the eldest of four, and the only girl, she was apprenticed to a seamstress, then plucked from school, where she was excelling, and sent to the US as an au pair (“really a servant”互婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) • changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing
Antigua(拉丁美洲岛国安提瓜) ·A lot more blacks than white people; ·A British colony till 1967. Cedar Grove Saint John's Antigua WiDikies Village Bolands AL glish Harbeur Town
Antigua（拉丁美洲岛国安提瓜） • A lot more blacks than white people; • A British colony till 1967
Kincaid on Colonialism Antigua Within the structure of the British educational system imposed upon Antiguans,Kincaid grew to "detest everything about England,except the literature” rage at colonialism the failure of Antigua independence: "You distorted or erased my history and glorified your own
Kincaid on Colonialism & Antigua • Within the structure of the British educational system imposed upon Antiguans, Kincaid grew to "detest everything about England, except the literature” • rage at colonialism & the failure of Antigua independence： – “You distorted or erased my history and glorified your own